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Many fascinating things are created by volcanoes, such as bombs, Pele’s hair, ash clouds, and lightning, but the most rare and fleeting thing to manifest itself above a few fortunate volcanoes is the vortex smoke ring. Smoke rings are produced when a sudden burst of air forces a puff of smoke into clear air at…

So…what would it look like if a hypothetical-Me got hypothetically-erupted up out of a virtual-volcano whilst on vacation? This would be hypothetical of course though, because I generally try to respect the laws of physics…at least when Physics is looking my direction. According to this AskScience article (which I will quote below), I do not…

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"Eldfjallanördást" may or may not even be a proper Icelandic word. "Eldfjall" translates to "Fire Mountain, and "nördást" is literally "nerd-love" and if eldfjallafræði is volcanology, then this blog is volcanogeekery.

I am not a volcanologist..or geologist... or even a college graduate. I am just a person who has always been interested in volcanoes. But since finding a group of like-minded enthusiasts following the Bardarbunga eruption online, my flicker of interest has kind of exploded into a full-blown pursuit. Being that I am a self-identifying nerd, I feel it is my duty to inspire others to become as passionate about volcanoes as I am...or else annoy them into submission. :)

I invented the Virtual Volcano Vacation challenge after downloading Google Earth. I was zooming around the globe and decided to drop in on Mount Vesuvius..but was a little surprised to find myself virtually inside the crater. I had not reckoned on Google Earth's maps being quite so detailed. After posting a screen-grab to my Facebook wall and seeing who could guess where I was, I decided to make it a weekly event...and the best part of all is that each week I challenge myself to learn interesting facts about another volcano.

In addition to the Virtual Volcano Vacation challenge, I will occasionally post time-lapse videos made by others or myself, and repost other more obscure or whimsical content that probably gets overlooked by the more scholarly volcano blogs.